Meet The Press: The state’s oldest and largest publishing house, the UGA press was founded in 1938. Based in Athens, it puts out some 75-80 new books each year with a fulltime staff of 24. Mission Driven: “The press’s mission…
Atlanta Beltline Inc. has dissolved NE Corridor Partners, a joint venture it created with Barry Real Estate Cos. in 2007 to buy and develop some five miles of the 22-mile loop of parks, trails and trains city leaders are hoping…
Forming their teams: Insurance Commissioner John Oxendine, who’s putting together a campaign team for the 2010 governor’s race, has named AFLAC CEO Dan Amos as his finance chairman. Bill Byrne, former Cobb County Commission chairman and an unsuccessful GOP candidate…
Help For Hospitals?: Rural Georgia has attracted the attention of an Atlanta area healthcare company looking to expand. Alpharetta’s Jackson Healthcare, a staffing and technology firm, announced last fall it is forming a new company to acquire community hospitals in…
With all the items on the agenda in this year’s legislative session, including the economy and transportation, one important issue should not be overlooked. We shouldn’t wait for a major crisis to try and solve our water problems. Without growth,…
If anybody’s interested, I think I might have a solution for businesses and government entities caught in the economic crunch, trying to do more with less. Not “the” answer, perhaps, but “an” answer. It’s a two-word suggestion: customer service, a…
Billy Hodges, a Sumter County farmer, had never heard of the “Golden Hour” of medical care following a traumatic injury. And he’s not alone. If asked, Billy would have told you what many in south Georgia assume: My local hospital…
In these tough times, opening any restaurant is an act of courage. However, Dogwood partners Scott Black and Chef Shane Touhy and are not only birthing a new baby, but also breathing new life into two once-tired institutions: Southern food,…
In November 2004, Eric Tanenblatt helped launch Hands On Georgia, a network organizing community volunteer efforts statewide. The launch coincidentally followed a contentious electoral cycle, George W. Bush vs. John Kerry, and at the time Tanenblatt said he hoped promoting…
Every true Georgia Bulldog fan knows the seven Ugas have been damn good dogs, but how many know that their owner Frank Wilkins “Sonny” Seiler has been a damn good man? Marathon swimmer, movie actor, author, president of the University…
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